Can someone explain Oil Pulling?

Derpes

Swishing that stuff in your mouth sounds like LOADS of fun.


Anyway..........

I have a wild idea - rinse with mouthwash daily. Seems to kill those silly germs and eliminates plaque.

Who would have thought?

Yetta729

I am doing it, not daily though, using unrefined virgin sesame oil.
I read that it helps with gum disease, so I tried and my gums do look way better and bleed way less.
In the beginning I could do only one minute before I had to spit it out. I am up to 20 minutes now.

For me: it works ... other might boohoo it as nonsense ... to each his own

How do you log the calories!?

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Been in fitness for about 2 years and have studied kinesiology, nutrition and Dinosaurs

First: love your credentials ... genius

Second: I cheat and do not log the spit-out-calories and I am probably gonna catch hell for that as well

doctorsookie

too late for me... I don't have my own teefers.

caitconquersweight

It all sounds like woo to me. If it was as magical and amazing as everyone claims, everyone would probably be doing it.

MissKim78

I've seen it all over my fb. I have no idea if it works....unless someone show's me scientific tests that were done on the "discarded" oil, I find it hard to believe that it removes "toxins". Maybe it helps with oral health but so does brushing and flossing and you don't have to swish gross thick oil for 20 minutes!

To each their own though.....

ItsMeGee3

I've done it with coconut oil. Not too bad but, honestly can't say I've noticed a difference.

DamianaKitten

Anything where you have to spit it out instead of swallowing can't be any good.

Do you swallow tooth paste and mouth wash?

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

Swishing that stuff in your mouth sounds like LOADS of fun.


Anyway..........

I have a wild idea - rinse with mouthwash daily. Seems to kill those silly germs and eliminates plaque.

Who would have thought?

But that wouldn't cure cancer. :flowerforyou:

MelisaBegins

I had read about it and was hoping with fingers crossed that I'd find some legit info that it's helpful for people with sinus problems (one article claimed it helps). Didn't find enough good info. Will stick to my neti pot.

randomtai

Anything where you have to spit it out instead of swallowing can't be any good.

Do you swallow tooth paste and mouth wash?

Touche, however I also don't swish it around for 20 minutes either.

cici1028

It's an Ayurvedic (Indian science) practice that is supposed to whiten your teeth, remove bacteria, and kill toxins. It freshens your breath and basically just cleans out your mouth. There are other crazy claims, but it is does lessen bacteria and improve overall oral health. I am working on building up to this... I gag on the coconut oil when it is melting in my mouth. Ugh. But it's been done for a long time with great benefits. No cure all, though. And no replacement for regular dental hygiene. I can do it for about five minutes. Twenty is rough.

Mallyycatt

Even though some people are trying it and claiming that it works, I just talked to my health care provider, and we called a dietitian... And she stated that this is all just a 'fad' .. it's not worth it.

sullus

It's an Ayurvedic (Indian Faith Healing) practice that is supposed to whiten your teeth, remove bacteria, and kill toxins. It freshens your breath and basically just cleans out your mouth. There are other crazy claims, but it is does lessen bacteria and improve overall oral health. I am working on building up to this... I gag on the coconut oil when it is melting in my mouth. Ugh. But it's been done for a long time with great benefits. No cure all, though. And no replacement for regular dental hygiene. I can do it for about five minutes. Twenty is rough.

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DamianaKitten

Anything where you have to spit it out instead of swallowing can't be any good.

Do you swallow tooth paste and mouth wash?

Touche, however I also don't swish it around for 20 minutes either.

Yeah, 20 minutes is just too much for my jaw. Great exercise for those muscles though....

TR0berts

Anything where you have to spit it out instead of swallowing can't be any good.

lilRicki

I had read about it and was hoping with fingers crossed that I'd find some legit info that it's helpful for people with sinus problems (one article claimed it helps). Didn't find enough good info. Will stick to my neti pot.

I'm a neti pot user myself...and gearing up for the spring mould outside lol I think I will stick to my neti pot as well.

DamePiglet

if you swallow a bunch of coconut oil, does it act as a laxative?

seltzermint555

This is one of those things that bothers me because the name of it sounds scary and/or gross! hehe

Although now that I actually know what it is, I'm skeptical yet curious.

Alehmer

I think anything that combines 'ancient' and 'medicine' should be treated with the utmost skepticism.

Not to say there wasn't some trial and error, and things that were stumbled across, but generally it was 99% superstitious nonsense.

I think if I swished anything around in my mouth for 20 minutes, it would be liable to work some gunk out of my teeth. It's kind of like saying rubbing your skin with a special 'ancient' crystal makes skin younger... well so does nearly any form of exfoliation, doesn't have a damn thing to do with the crystal.

tigersword

It's an Ayurvedic (Indian science) practice that is supposed to whiten your teeth, remove bacteria, and kill toxins. It freshens your breath and basically just cleans out your mouth. There are other crazy claims, but it is does lessen bacteria and improve overall oral health. I am working on building up to this... I gag on the coconut oil when it is melting in my mouth. Ugh. But it's been done for a long time with great benefits. No cure all, though. And no replacement for regular dental hygiene. I can do it for about five minutes. Twenty is rough.

Human sacrifice was done for a long time, and believers thought that had great benefits also. Just because something is old, and primitive people thought it was a good idea, doesn't make it a good idea.

For a more recent example of pseudoscience quackery, from the late 1890s through as far as even today, quacks have been convincing people that radioactive substances were cure alls. Radioactive drinking water, radioactive toothpastes, radium salts, all kinds of wacky things were marketed, promising cures for everything.

This continued and people believed it even after we found out that radioactive substances are rather, well, unhealthy for human beings.

rowlandsw

I'll stick to tooth paste, it's cheaper than oil. There's some good info in ancient medicine but there's also a lot of crap that folks will buy into.

MelsAuntie

I had to Google that one too. You have to swish oil around in your mouth for 20min? really? 20min!? :huh: I think I'll stick to just brushing my teeth and drinking lots of water.

http://news.discovery.com/human/psychology/can-oil-pulling-improve-your-health-140311.htm

A friend recently posted about this on FB... I just can't imagine swishing oil around in my mouth for 20 minutes. Ever. :sick:

Me either. That sounds disgusting.

MelsAuntie

It's an Ayurvedic (Indian science) practice that is supposed to whiten your teeth, remove bacteria, and kill toxins. It freshens your breath and basically just cleans out your mouth. There are other crazy claims, but it is does lessen bacteria and improve overall oral health. I am working on building up to this... I gag on the coconut oil when it is melting in my mouth. Ugh. But it's been done for a long time with great benefits. No cure all, though. And no replacement for regular dental hygiene. I can do it for about five minutes. Twenty is rough.

Human sacrifice was done for a long time, and believers thought that had great benefits also. Just because something is old, and primitive people thought it was a good idea, doesn't make it a good idea.

For a more recent example of pseudoscience quackery, from the late 1890s through as far as even today, quacks have been convincing people that radioactive substances were cure alls. Radioactive drinking water, radioactive toothpastes, radium salts, all kinds of wacky things were marketed, promising cures for everything.

This continued and people believed it even after we found out that radioactive substances are rather, well, unhealthy for human beings.

There's an ancient Egyptian recipe for a spermicide ( contraceptive) that uses crocodile dung. Waiting for someone here to try that......and then post about it..

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

It's an Ayurvedic (Indian science) practice that is supposed to whiten your teeth, remove bacteria, and kill toxins. It freshens your breath and basically just cleans out your mouth. There are other crazy claims, but it is does lessen bacteria and improve overall oral health. I am working on building up to this... I gag on the coconut oil when it is melting in my mouth. Ugh. But it's been done for a long time with great benefits. No cure all, though. And no replacement for regular dental hygiene. I can do it for about five minutes. Twenty is rough.

Human sacrifice was done for a long time, and believers thought that had great benefits also. Just because something is old, and primitive people thought it was a good idea, doesn't make it a good idea.

For a more recent example of pseudoscience quackery, from the late 1890s through as far as even today, quacks have been convincing people that radioactive substances were cure alls. Radioactive drinking water, radioactive toothpastes, radium salts, all kinds of wacky things were marketed, promising cures for everything.

This continued and people believed it even after we found out that radioactive substances are rather, well, unhealthy for human beings.

There's an ancient Egyptian recipe for a spermicide ( contraceptive) that uses crocodile dung. Waiting for someone here to try that......and then post about it..

As soon as Dr Oz does a special . . .

Ang108

It's an Ayurvedic (Indian science) practice that is supposed to whiten your teeth, remove bacteria, and kill toxins. It freshens your breath and basically just cleans out your mouth. There are other crazy claims, but it is does lessen bacteria and improve overall oral health. I am working on building up to this... I gag on the coconut oil when it is melting in my mouth. Ugh. But it's been done for a long time with great benefits. No cure all, though. And no replacement for regular dental hygiene. I can do it for about five minutes. Twenty is rough.

Human sacrifice was done for a long time, and believers thought that had great benefits also. Just because something is old, and primitive people thought it was a good idea, doesn't make it a good idea.

For a more recent example of pseudoscience quackery, from the late 1890s through as far as even today, quacks have been convincing people that radioactive substances were cure alls. Radioactive drinking water, radioactive toothpastes, radium salts, all kinds of wacky things were marketed, promising cures for everything.

This continued and people believed it even after we found out that radioactive substances are rather, well, unhealthy for human beings.

You need some more information about Ayurvedic medicine and lift that vail of ignorance. Not the supposedly ayurvedic crap touted and sold in the West, but the original medicine.
Are you saying that the 1.27 billion people living in India are all primitive people ? I think they are no more primitive than the 320 million Americans or 120 million Mexicans to just give an example.

tigersword

It's an Ayurvedic (Indian science) practice that is supposed to whiten your teeth, remove bacteria, and kill toxins. It freshens your breath and basically just cleans out your mouth. There are other crazy claims, but it is does lessen bacteria and improve overall oral health. I am working on building up to this... I gag on the coconut oil when it is melting in my mouth. Ugh. But it's been done for a long time with great benefits. No cure all, though. And no replacement for regular dental hygiene. I can do it for about five minutes. Twenty is rough.

Human sacrifice was done for a long time, and believers thought that had great benefits also. Just because something is old, and primitive people thought it was a good idea, doesn't make it a good idea.

For a more recent example of pseudoscience quackery, from the late 1890s through as far as even today, quacks have been convincing people that radioactive substances were cure alls. Radioactive drinking water, radioactive toothpastes, radium salts, all kinds of wacky things were marketed, promising cures for everything.

This continued and people believed it even after we found out that radioactive substances are rather, well, unhealthy for human beings.

You need some more information about Ayurvedic medicine and lift that vail of ignorance. Not the supposedly ayurvedic crap touted and sold in the West, but the original medicine.
Are you saying that the 1.27 billion people living in India are all primitive people ? I think they are no more primitive than the 320 million Americans or 120 million Mexicans to just give an example.

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Not sure the relevance, and also not sure when I said modern day Indians were primitive. I said that just because something is old, doesn't mean it's true. Hence why I gave my other example, of radioactive therapy, which had nothing to do with anyone being "primitive," as it was (very loosely) based on modern (and western) scientific discoveries. Something doesn't have to be "old," "new," "western," "eastern," or any other adjective to be pure crap.

jonnythan

You need some more information about Ayurvedic medicine and lift that vail of ignorance. Not the supposedly ayurvedic crap touted and sold in the West, but the original medicine.
Are you saying that the 1.27 billion people living in India are all primitive people ? I think they are no more primitive than the 320 million Americans or 120 million Mexicans to just give an example.

Ayurvedic sounds like a combination of traditional medicines and witch doctoring.

As for the primitive part, if you're trying to tell us that 1.27 billion people in India practice ayurveda and that evidence-based medicine is nonexistent, then you're a joke.

Derpes

It's an Ayurvedic (Indian science) practice that is supposed to whiten your teeth, remove bacteria, and kill toxins. It freshens your breath and basically just cleans out your mouth. There are other crazy claims, but it is does lessen bacteria and improve overall oral health. I am working on building up to this... I gag on the coconut oil when it is melting in my mouth. Ugh. But it's been done for a long time with great benefits. No cure all, though. And no replacement for regular dental hygiene. I can do it for about five minutes. Twenty is rough.

Human sacrifice was done for a long time, and believers thought that had great benefits also. Just because something is old, and primitive people thought it was a good idea, doesn't make it a good idea.

For a more recent example of pseudoscience quackery, from the late 1890s through as far as even today, quacks have been convincing people that radioactive substances were cure alls. Radioactive drinking water, radioactive toothpastes, radium salts, all kinds of wacky things were marketed, promising cures for everything.

This continued and people believed it even after we found out that radioactive substances are rather, well, unhealthy for human beings.

There's an ancient Egyptian recipe for a spermicide ( contraceptive) that uses crocodile dung. Waiting for someone here to try that......and then post about it..

As soon as Dr Oz does a special . . .

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

It's an Ayurvedic (Indian science) practice that is supposed to whiten your teeth, remove bacteria, and kill toxins. It freshens your breath and basically just cleans out your mouth. There are other crazy claims, but it is does lessen bacteria and improve overall oral health. I am working on building up to this... I gag on the coconut oil when it is melting in my mouth. Ugh. But it's been done for a long time with great benefits. No cure all, though. And no replacement for regular dental hygiene. I can do it for about five minutes. Twenty is rough.

Human sacrifice was done for a long time, and believers thought that had great benefits also. Just because something is old, and primitive people thought it was a good idea, doesn't make it a good idea.

For a more recent example of pseudoscience quackery, from the late 1890s through as far as even today, quacks have been convincing people that radioactive substances were cure alls. Radioactive drinking water, radioactive toothpastes, radium salts, all kinds of wacky things were marketed, promising cures for everything.

This continued and people believed it even after we found out that radioactive substances are rather, well, unhealthy for human beings.

There's an ancient Egyptian recipe for a spermicide ( contraceptive) that uses crocodile dung. Waiting for someone here to try that......and then post about it..

As soon as Dr Oz does a special . . .

:laugh: :flowerforyou:

mandyysue

I have to say, I tried it this morning, completely skeptical, and omg my teeth feel so much cleaner and I swear they are already a little whiter. My teeth literally feel like I had a teeth cleaning at the dentist this morning!